Minutes of a Regular Meeting, June 22-23, 2004 - Digital Collections

REGENTS’ POLICY MANUALSECTION 2—ACADEMICSstudent has been prevented from complying with the appropriate time limit (as, for example, in the case ofa student being called into military service).The filing of a written request for a hearing on a claim before the appropriate Academic Appeals Boardshall be within 10 calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and University holidays from classes)following the day when the attempts at resolution in paragraph (1) above are completed. The AcademicAppeals Board shall deny any request for a hearing on a claim which does not meet this deadline unless,in the view of the Academic Appeals Board, exceptional circumstances exist whereby the student isprevented from filing the claim. Furthermore, if in the judgment of the Academic Appeals Board, thecase is deemed to be without merit or has already been satisfactorily resolved in the department, theAcademic Appeals Board may refuse to hear the matter.To avoid a jurisdictional impasse, the appeal shall be heard by the Academic Appeals Board in theundergraduate college in which both the course and the instructor are located. Any thesis and dissertationappeals shall be heard by the Graduate College Appeals Board.It shall be the primary function of the Academic Appeals Board to adjudicate disputes which have notbeen satisfactorily resolved on the department level.Each Academic Appeals Board shall be given the responsibility of establishing its own rules of procedure.Such rules as it establishes must be consistent with the full protection of the rights of all parties involved.Meetings of the Academic Appeals Board shall be confidential and closed to the public except asotherwise permitted by law and agreed to by all parties.Decisions of the Academic Appeals Board shall be communicated in writing to the Academic AppealsBoard’s dean, the student’s dean, the student, and the instructor. The Academic Appeals Board’sdecisions shall be final and shall be implemented unless either the student or the instructor makes writtenappeal to the Executive Committee (or comparable body) of the degree-recommending college within 10calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or University holidays from classes) after being notified ofthe Academic Appeals Board’s decision. The decision of the Executive Committee (or comparable body)shall be final and shall be implemented unless either the student or the instructor makes written appeal tothe faculty of the degree-recommending college within 10 calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays,or University holidays from classes) after being notified of the Executive Committee’s decision. In thecase of an appeal to the faculty of the degree-recommending college, the faculty’s decision shall be finaland shall be implemented. The faculty of a degree-recommending college, however, may delegate itsauthority to consider appeals under this policy to the Executive Committee (or equivalent body) of thedegree-recommending college, in which case the decisions of the Executive Committee shall be final andshall be implemented without appeal to the faculty. Revisions to this policy shall be reviewed by theFaculty Senates and the Student Code Revision Committee. (RM, 7-23-87, pp. 19840-43; 1-27-2004, p.28924)(The text below appears in the Health Sciences Center Faculty Handbook.)ACADEMIC APPEALS BOARDSAll academic appeals must be handled according to the following process:The responsibility for academic evaluations of students rests with the faculty. If a student feels he or shehas received a prejudiced or capricious evaluation by an instructor, and if he or she is unable to resolvethe matter in conference with the instructor or the departmental chair, an appeal may be made to theTHE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 86